“I'm just a singer-songwriter
honestly. I speak my truth and I paint my fantasies into these
little bite-sized pop songs. In 2008, when that song came out, I
knew that I started a conversation that a lot of the world has been
curious enough to sing along to.”

“How was I going to reconcile that
with a gospel-singing girl raised in youth groups that were
pro-conversion camps? What I did know was that I was curious, and
even then I knew sexuality wasn't as black and white as this dress,”
Perry added.